Let's connect #PineDio #LoRa Gateway @PINE64 to #TheThingsNetwork

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinedio#Gateway

Many thanks to @RTP for creating the awesome all-in-one Armbian image for #PineDio #LoRa Gateway! 🙏

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/politictech/pinedio-armbian-image-chirpstack-ttn

We're on the pre-production #PineDio #LoRa Gateway @PINE64 ... But soon I hope we'll see PineDio Gateway everywhere: Schools, Workplaces and Homes!

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinedio#Gateway

What's inside #PineDio LoRa Gateway? 1️⃣ PINE A64-LTS Arm64 SBC 2️⃣ RAKwireless RAK2287 #LoRa Module with Semtech SX1302 Concentrator

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinedio#Gateway

Flash @RTP's awesome all-in-one Armbian image to a microSD Card ... Boot it on #PineDio #LoRa Gateway ... ChirpStack and #TheThingsNetwork Packet Forwarder are up!

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/politictech/pinedio-armbian-image-chirpstack-ttn

SSH to #PineDio LoRa Gateway ... Check #TheThingsNetwork Packet Forwarder Log at /var/log/daemon.log

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/politictech/pinedio-armbian-image-chirpstack-ttn

Configure #PineDio LoRa Gateway with "sudo gateway-config" ... Exactly like RAKwireless Gateways!

https://docs.rakwireless.com/Product-Categories/WisGate/RAK7244C/Quickstart/#accessing-the-internet

Select the #LoRa Frequency for #PineDio Gateway in gateway-config

https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/frequencies-by-country/

We configure the Packet Forwarder in #PineDio Gateway with gateway-config ... We'll get the settings from The Things Network in a while

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network

But first we run "gateway-version" to fetch the #LoRa Gateway ID from #PineDio Gateway

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network

Log on to #TheThingsNetwork and create a Gateway ... Fill in the Gateway ID for our #PineDio Gateway

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network

Download the Packet Forwarder Settings from #TheThingsNetwork

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network

Copy these settings into our #PineDio Gateway's Packet Forwarder Config (in gateway-config)

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network

#PineDio #LoRa Gateway is now Alive ... In #TheThingsNetwork! 🎉

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network

#PineDio Gateway now forwarding #LoRa Messages from Nearby Devices to #TheThingsNetwork 🎉

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network

Let's benchmark the two #LoRa Gateways: 1️⃣ RAKwireless WisGate RAK7248 2️⃣ #PineDio Gateway

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinedio#Gateway

#PineDio Gateway shows slightly weaker Signal Strength (RSSI) for received #LoRa Packets ... Maybe due to antenna? 🤔

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinedio#Gateway

#PineDio Gateway generally shows slightly weaker Received Signal Strength (RSSI) than RAK7248 ... Prolly due to antenna 🤔

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinedio#Gateway

Nope I can't swap antennas for #PineDio Gateway and RAK7248 ... They don't match

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinedio#Gateway

But I'm super delighted to have 2 operational gateways on #TheThingsNetwork ... Thanks to #PineDio Gateway @PINE64 ! 👍

https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/map

Testing #PineDio LoRa Gateway @PINE64 ... And connecting it to #TheThingsNetwork ... All shall be explained in this article

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?1

Hope to see #PineDio #LoRa Gateways everywhere ... Schools, Workplaces and Homes! 👍

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?2

What's inside #PineDio #LoRa Gateway

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?3#inside-pinedio-gateway

We're testing the pre-production #PineDio #LoRa Gateway ... And it works beautifully! 👍

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?4#inside-pinedio-gateway

Here's how we install #PineDio #LoRa Gateway

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?5#install-pinedio-gateway

Setting the #LoRa Frequency on #PineDio Gateway

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?6#set-lora-frequency

How we connect #PineDio Gateway to #TheThingsNetwork

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?7#connect-to-the-things-network

Configuring #PineDio Gateway for #TheThingsNetwork

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?8#configure-gateway

Our #PineDio Gateway is connected to #TheThingsNetwork! 🎉

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?9#gateway-is-up

Testing #PineDio #LoRa Gateway ... With PineDio Stack BL604 @PINE64

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?10#test-with-pinedio-stack

λ / 2 vs λ / 4 ... Yep Antenna Length matters when receiving #LoRa packets